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LET’S PLAY! Here are your SoCal June Tournaments
JUNE 1 iTennis Pride Tournament ($$$) West Hollywood. Open singles and same gender/age division doubles (TennisLink #650016118) JUNE 1 USTA Father/Daughter & Mother Son National Hard Court Championships San Diego. Advanced Level Father-Daughter Doubles & Mother-Son Doubles (TennisLink #650038518) JUNE 1 Calabasas Open & NTRP Championships NTRP Singles & Doubles. (TennisLink #651744418) JUNE 2 44th…
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Dawson Starting New Traditions At Bobby Riggs Club
Facility Spotlight: Bobby Riggs Racquet and Paddle Club Steve Dawson is a firm believer that the long established sport of tennis and newcomer pickleball can certainly co-exist at the same facility. The long-time Carlsbad resident Dawson, 56, was a top San Diego junior, a two-time Big 8 Champion at the University of Oklahoma who went…
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USTA, Chase bring color, positive message to Harvard Park
With the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open this year, the USTA aims to bring tennis to inner city kids in a unique and colorful fashion, supporting National Junior Tennis Leagues (NJTL) in metropolitan cities across America. To celebrate its 50th year, USTA is joining with Chase Bank to debut five art-inspired courts from Florida…
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Craig, Johnson Win USTA National Open Hard Court Titles
A pair of talented Southern Californians finished the USTA National Open Hard Court Championships in winning form as top-seeded Henry Craig of San Diego and third-seeded Taylor Johnson captured singles titles in their respective divisions under bright sunny skies on Sunday afternoon at the Balboa Tennis Club. The 23-year-old Craig, who lives in the nearby…
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Two SCTA Junior Boys Begin French Open Run
Southern California juniors Tristan Boyer and Brandon Nakishima will begin play at the French Open Junior event on Sunday. The pair, who played in the final of the USTA International Spring Championships in Carson just last month, have been traveling around Europe the past few weeks and getting accomplished to the European red clay. The…
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Cal State LA student excels on the tennis court and in the classroom
The email that would change Elizaveta Sokolova’s life landed in her inbox as she was walking into her high school graduation ceremony in Moscow, Russia. In it was a full-ride scholarship offer for the 16-year-old to play tennis for the Golden Eagles at California State University, Los Angeles. “I wanted to scream, to laugh, to…
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The Net Generation Net Set is Here!
The Net Generation Net Set is here, and USTA So Cal is proud to have eleven junior players representing Southern California. The Net Set reps were hand picked for their love of and dedication to the game, as well as enthusiasm for promoting youth tennis, especially through social media. This group of eleven junior superstars…
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Junior Team Tennis heads to Irvine for Championships
If you’ve never considered tennis to be a team sport, be sure to spend some time at this weekend’s Junior Team Tennis (JTT) Spring Section Championships, where more than 650 players will comprise 88 teams in a two-day USTA sanctioned competition. The largest contingent of players will come from Orange County, which boasts 23 teams…
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‘Underdogs’ No More: CMS Earns D3 National Title
When the dust settled at the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Team Championships at Claremont last week, the final team standing was a long shot winner. True, they were competitive – seventeen times during the season they blanked their opponent, twelve of those being 9-0 drubbings – but the Athenas of Claremont Mudd Scripps (CMS)…
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WEEKEND WRAP: Bonjour! TeamSoCal heads to Paris
There’s no better time than the present to love competitive tennis in Southern California. Our favorite hometown pros are doing business in France at Roland Garros, while SoCal futures are touring the globe and stars of tomorrow are hoisting trophies in NCAA competition. Let’s get right to our #WeekendWrap! Sam Querrey (SCTA) At the French…